PCMC, PSUB sign digital education pact

NABUA, Camarines Sur – The Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC) has signed a memorandum of agreement with Polytechnic State University of Bicol (PSUB) to establish the country’s first higher education institutional-based radio station and digital TV.

Under the agreement signed last Wednesday, Sofonias P. Gabonada, Jr., president of PCMC said the partnership will produce public information, education, and commercial/entertainment-based programs that will assist students and the community to become knowledgeable and obtain highly-relevant information.

The content will be transmitted through the PCMC’s Favorite Music Radio (FMR) University FM to push more educational and informative programs under the new normal.

Gabonada said the first in the country FMR University FM located in the Bicol Region will also function as a laboratory for university students enrolled in AB Communications and Electronics Engineering courses while PSUB Digital TV will offer a channel for each of the state university’s colleges and will serve as an alternative platform for providing high-quality higher education.

Dr. Charlito P. Cadag, president of PSUB said the radio station and digital television will be part of their response to the pandemic’s issues of shifting gears from traditional classroom education to broadcast-based learning using technological innovation.